Professor Jacob Charles, "The Supreme Court’s Big Second Amendment Decision Is Wreaking Havoc on Gun Safety Laws" -- Slate

Professor Jacob D. Charles's opinion article, "The Supreme Court’s Big Second Amendment Decision Is Wreaking Havoc on Gun Safety Laws," is published in Slate.  The article considers the Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, in which the court declared unconstitutional New York's 110-year-old license requirement for concealed handgun carrying.

Excerpt from "The Supreme Court’s Big Second Amendment Decision Is Wreaking Havoc on Gun Safety Laws"

Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion held that New York could not require license applicants to show a heightened need for self-defense different from the community at large. As significant as that holding is—about a quarter of Americans lived in jurisdictions with similar laws—Bruen’s impact extends much further. The court crafted a brand new, still ill-defined test for Second Amendment cases going forward. Under that novel test, courts hearing Second Amendment claims may no longer ask if a challenged law is effective at reducing gun violence. Instead, they may only uphold gun laws that are grounded in “this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

The complete article may be found at Slate